Former fashion model Bridget Moynahan was born in 1972 in Binghamton, New York, and raised in Long Meadow, Massachusetts.
Ironically, Bridget chose to join the high school soccer team over the drama club. “I was an athlete, and I grew up with brothers and male cousins. So like in the movie, I’m used to fighting for my place in a traditionally male environment.”
Her early schooling in assertiveness 101 helped in her role as Rachel in Coyote Ugly, the assistant manager and fire breathing equivalent to the real bar's Jacqui.
"There’s a lot of playfulness and flirtation going on in those places, but the women are, like, “I’ll give you what I want to give you, and you’ll be satisfied with that. And hey, if you don’t like it, get out, because it’s my place.” House rules, you know.
And on the fire breathing? "I get the crowd worked up by spitting fire. Once the pyro expert on set assured me I wouldn’t catch my hair on fire, I wanted to blow the fire out of my mouth. Then he warned me about a woman who had recently burned her face off. So we rigged it with a flame-thrower next to my face instead."
On her resume, Bridget has also appeared in indie flicks Whipped and In the Weeds, and has a recurring role as Natasha, the fiancée of Mr. Big, on HBO’s Sex and the City. Her latest movie project was Serendipity, playing John Cusack's fiancee.
On dating:“I feel optimistic about getting into a very good, positive relationship. I don’t have any question about that. It’s going to happen when the timing is right. But I can’t say that I’m the right flavored coffee for everybody.”
This is one tough chick to keep an eye on.
